John Minto
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Tolley rides roughshod over children with special needs
Posted on November 16, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA is calling on the Minister of Education Anne Tolley to withdraw Ministry threats to close special needs units attached to schools. Currently under threat are units at Ranui School in West Auckland and Takapuna Primary School on Auckland’s North Shore…
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MANA – the only party talking about saving money
Posted on November 16, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesLabour and National have both put out meaningless lists of the others political and economic crimes but these are meaningless political gestures from two parties that have more in common than coke and pepsi. Here is a list from MANA that…
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MP will be asked to resign after 20 years missing in action
Posted on November 16, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesTonight is the first opportunity for the people of Manukau East to hear from their local MP and MANA Party challenger John Minto. A “meet the candidates” forum has been organized at Te Puke O Tara community centre in Otara for…
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Mana seeks apology from National for misleading voters on tax
Posted on November 14, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMana is challenging John Key to front up and apologise to New Zealanders for National’s misleading election material about the percentage of tax paid by New Zealanders In their election handouts shoved into every letterbox in the country National claims that…
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Asset sales to subsidise rich farmers
Posted on November 10, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesSelling our assets for irrigation subsidies to the Dairy industry adds insult to injury MANA’s economic justice spokesperson John Minto says the dairy industry should pay for their own irrigation and not flog off New Zealanders assets to subsidize their building. “Why…
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Govt accounts should be shifted to Kiwibank – Mana
Posted on November 7, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA is calling for all New Zealand government accounts to be shifted from Westpac to Kiwibank in a move which would express national economic pride in New Zealand. This follows the announcement last week that the ANZ and Westpac (two of our big four…
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Mana moves to clarify industrial relations policy
Posted on November 7, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesMANA has moved quickly to make it clear the party does not support compulsory trade unionism as stated by the New Zealand Herald newspaper this morning. MANA spokesperson John Minto says the mistake in the Herald took MANA’s support for nationally…
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Show us the jobs Mr Key
Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesUnemployment up to 6.6%, Maori unemployment at 13.2%: Prime Minister John Key should stop yelling ‘show me the money’ and start ‘showing us the jobs’ says MANA Economic Justice spokesperson John Minto. How on earth can John Key claim a rise in…
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Key slagging John Minto brings an invitation for the 1% to meet the 99%
Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press Releases“Instead of slagging off myself and the occupation movement on national television last night Prime Minister John Key should come to Aotea Square in Auckland to meet the people involved in the movement. “I’m happy to personally accompany Mr Key around…
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Economy coming right, yeah right!
Posted on October 26, 2011 by admin in John Minto, Press ReleasesTreasury “smile and wave” update based on delusion MANA spokesperson on economic justice John Minto says the government and Treasury are still not coming to grips with reality of the economic quagmire which confronts New Zealand. “The pre-election Treasury update out yesterday…
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